The 2017 EULAR standardised procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology

In 2001, the European League Against Rheumatism developed and disseminated the first guidelines for musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) in rheumatology. Fifteen years later, the dramatic expansion of new data on MSUS in the literature coupled with technological developments in US imaging has necessitated an update of these guidelines.To update the existing MSUS guidelines in rheumatology as well as to extend their scope to other anatomic...